Mara Woloshin, MA, APR, Fellow PRSA, www.woloshin.com, is a professional member of the Public Relations Society of America’s Counselors Academy, the National Speakers Association, The Association for Training and Development (ASTD) and the International Society for Humor Studies (humor IS a social science).

As an educator and adult training try to book her as far in advance as possible as her schedule is busy, http://www.woloshin.com/training-workshops/. Mara’s “hobby” is teaching and training adults. She has taught at Oregon universities since 1989.

She currently serves on the board of the Capital Chapter of the Public Relations Society of American (PRSA) . Past service includes the PRSA North Pacific district and over a decade of service on the Portland Metro Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. Mara was the Portland Metro president in 1999.

She received PRSA’s William Marsh Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003. She was admitted into PRSA’s College of Fellows in 2005. Her national work in public relations and marketing has received numerous awards and recognitions.

Woloshin Communications Inc. is dedicated to serving clients and offering help to the community. Current community service projects include: marketing committee, Cascade Chapter of ASTD, The ALLEX Foundation, a low-cost Chine and Japanese language intensive with an international faculty at PSU this summer, and The Friends of Forest Lake. Mara continues to assist refugees from many counties, and over 36 individuals have achieved their U.S. citizenship.